{"id":513,"date":"2014-09-02T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2014-09-02T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:38:42","slug":"nbc-news-exclusive-matt-lauer-talks-to-ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/09\/02\/nbc-news-exclusive-matt-lauer-talks-to-ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News Exclusive: Matt Lauer Talks to Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-details-headers\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"large-medium-txt black-color news-details-subheading\">Lauer Will Also Sit Down with the Doctors Who Treated Brantly at Emory University Hospital Portions of Brantly\u2019s First-Ever Interview Will Air Tonight on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Tomorrow on TODAY with Lauer Reporting Live from Emory The Full Report Will Air in an NBC News Primetime Special Friday, September 5<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"large-medium-txt black-color news-details-subheading\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"press-release-body\">\n<p><strong>NEW YORK \u2013 September 2, 2014\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>In an NBC News exclusive, Matt Lauer will sit down with Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted the Ebola virus while working with relief organization Samaritan&#8217;s Purse in Liberia. Portions of Brantly\u2019s first-ever interview will air tonight on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and tomorrow on NBC\u2019s TODAY with Lauer reporting live from Emory University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Lauer will sit down with the doctors who treated Brantly at Emory, and he will talk to Brantly\u2019s wife Amber, who also lived with her husband and children in Liberia.\u00a0 NBC News cameras will have exclusive access to the isolation room where Brantly was treated.<\/p>\n<p>The full story, as well as additional reporting and coverage will air in an hour-long NBC News Primetime Special Friday, September 5.<\/p>\n<p>The portions of the interview airing on Nightly News and TODAY will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.com\/\">NBCNews.com<\/a> after they air.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>NBC News is a leading source of global news and information operating for over 75 years. Every week, NBC News provides more than 25 hours of television news programming with the top-rated &#8220;NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams&#8221; and &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; programs as well as America\u2019s longest-running morning news program, \u201cTODAY.\u201d The network\u2019s primetime newsmagazine, &#8220;Dateline&#8221; provides a variety of in-depth stories week in and week out ranging from mysteries and breaking news to hidden-camera investigations and documentaries. The continuously growing online presence of NBC News, NBC News Digital Group, includes NBCNews.com, TODAY.com, MSNBC.com, BreakingNews.com, NBCPolitics.com, EducationNation.com, NightlyNews.com, Newsvine.com, social media, apps and all of the network\u2019s digital initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its leading news programs and wide range of digital platforms, the network&#8217;s portfolio includes NBC News Radio, a network of over 750 affiliates nationwide; Peacock Productions, an award-winning in house production company; NBC Learn, the network&#8217;s educational arm; and NBCUniversal Archives, a sales website leveraging NBC News\u2019 archival content. NBC NewsChannel is the network\u2019s liaison to over 200 affiliate stations across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"semi-medium-large-txt2 darkish-gray-color\">Media contacts<\/h4>\n<p>For more information contact:<br \/>\nMegan Kopf Stackhouse<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:megan.kopf@nbcuni.com\">megan.kopf@nbcuni.com<\/a><br \/>\np: 212-664-6205<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauer Will Also Sit Down with the Doctors Who Treated Brantly at Emory University Hospital Portions of Brantly\u2019s First-Ever Interview Will Air Tonight on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Tomorrow on TODAY with Lauer Reporting Live from Emory The Full Report Will Air in an NBC News Primetime Special Friday, September 5 NEW [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/09\/02\/nbc-news-exclusive-matt-lauer-talks-to-ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC News Exclusive: Matt Lauer Talks to Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-news","category-nbc-nightly-news","category-today"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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